A Misplaced Comma Cost a Company $5 Million
A Misplaced Comma Cost a Company $5 Million
If you think grammar is something you only need in school, you’ll be surprised to find out messing it up can sometimes cost millions of dollars or make a huge difference in your personal life. Misplacing a comma, for instance, can change the meaning of a sentence dramatically. For example, note the difference between “Let’s eat (comma) Granny!” and “Let’s eat Granny!”
In 2017, Oakhurst Dairy, a company from the state of Maine, literally lost millions of bucks because of a misplaced comma. And that was not exactly the only case that proved that grammar actually rules the world.
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TIMESTAMPS:
Oakhurst Dairy case 0:36
The “Oxford comma” explained 2:04
Court’s decision 3:25
Other interesting cases:
Fruit and plants, 1872 4:25
Son and sons, 2015 5:09
The most expensive typo in history, 1962 6:02
Exotic travels gone rogue, 1988 7:02
The missing “p,” 2007 8:02
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SUMMARY:
-Truck drivers working for the company claimed they were owed overtime payment, while the company itself disagreed. According to the law, the exemptions were … “storing, packing for shipment or distribution” of perishable foods. A missing comma makes it all a single activity.
-The “Oxford comma” is normally put before “and” or “or” in sentences where there are three or more items listed one after another.
-Each of the five truck drivers that filed the complaint received $50,000, and the rest of them (that’s about 127 people) were owed overtime pay for four years.
-By writing “fruit, plants” instead of “fruit-plants,” the US government basically waived fees for all plants instead of only fruit-bearing ones.
-In 2015, a British family business called Taylor and Sons was listed by the government as facing liquidation instead of Taylor and Son, a completely different company.
-In 1962, the missing hyphen sent the rocket bearing the probe off course and on to a dramatic crash in the Atlantic Ocean.
-In 1988, a travel agency from California decided to list its exotic travel packages in the directory as an advertisement, but Yellow Pages printed it as “erotic travels.”
-An unfortunate seller on eBay put a bottle of 1852 Allsopp’s Arctic Ale with one “p” in Allsopps. The buyer who purchased it resold it for over a half million dollars.
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I was responding to an educational video in WhatsApp. And the message was "That’s an interesting fact". But, I accidently press "r" instead of "c" in the "fact" word. Should I say the word???…………. Well never mind
What……😱😱😱😱😱
No
My comments are sponsored by Grammarly.
What would if Elon Musk is watching this video !!!😂😂😂😂😆😆😆😆😁😁😁
Half as interesting already made a video about this
what do you do when we toilet day
Almost Every time I make mistakes I fix them
WRONG:why is it raining honey?
RIGHT:why is it raining,Honey?
9:02 I made mistakes,of course but I never made a grammar mistake that made me pay for it
That wine seller is so embarrassed for sure
I literally searched for the meaning of flabbergasted and I get flabbergastic when I knew its meaning😂
can you sub to me
just doing a challenge that me and my friends made we must stop getting subs until next month
Hi don,t say commas are underrated
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Let’s eat ,granny.
LETS EAT GRANNY
Once I spelled a name wrong on a show, it was so imberissing.
I got a Grammaly ad, what a coincidence.
6:48 Speaking about errors: the text states INDEFINITELY LARGER and the audio is INFINITELY LARGER.
“Infinitely larger”
The words on the screen says “indefinitely larger”
vb
Isn’t this video pretty much a carbon copy of the one Half as Interesting made?
7:00 One of the books I want, the ”Yellow Pages ”in Romanian
That joke In the begging was in my english text book at school!🤣
Thank God my 7th Grade Language Arts teacher had us use Oxford commas. I pretty much remember them now
Commas are expensive
There was a case in Canada, Bell vs Rogers, where a comma was the issue. Bell thoughy they could cancel the contract with 1 year’s notice. Rogers thought the contract could only be cancelled after 5 years, with 1 years notice. This was solved after numerous court battles by looking at the french version of the contract, who had no ambiguities (Rogers won)
Let’s eat granny!
I always do grammar mistakes and pay my marks 😂
I did pay for a grammar mistake
In my grammar exam
You stole Half as Interestings Thumbnail.
no
I really want to know who is narrating the story. Very engaging 👌👌 @brightside
LOL 😝 so amazing 😉
STOP COPYING HALF AS INTRESTING
This is a copy of Half as Interesting, they even used the same examples and picture
Stolen thumbnail
My favourite food are French fires,Burgers and houses.
lol 6:49 spoke infinitely and wrote indefinitely
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2:54 cywitch musk was not the imposter
Hey there, BrightSiders! Do you often notice typos?
you spelled the word ‘hyphon’ wrong, now it costs you one million dollars
hee hee
You stole Half As Interesting’s thumbnail.
yes in most exams
My classmate wrote on her story: "I eat my dad’s cook"
and i was confused.
Yeah people! You all need to learn you’re grammar!
my english teacher was terrible Im in 5th grade and I still dont know grammar 🥺
This video is stolen from half as interesting.
i do be elon musk a witch and a cyborg doe